Every autumn, Jiang Ming has to go to Beijing to participate in various cricket fighting competitions.

The three solar terms of white dew, autumn equinox and cold dew are the climax period of fighting crickets, commonly known as "fighting bravely in three autumns".

The scientific name of the cricket is cricket, and the ancient name is to promote weaving.

Fighting crickets began in the Tang Dynasty during the Tianbao period, flourished in the Song Dynasty, when the government and the opposition were keen on this, there is a record of "ten thousand gold paid in a peck", and it has been described in the literary works of the past dynasties, and it has a history of 1800 years.

After the autumn last month, Jiang Ming spent a lot of money to buy several high-grade crickets in Ludong Province and went to Tianjing to compete, but he was unlucky and suffered a heavy defeat.

It's not a financial loss, the problem is that he has lost face in the Naruto circle, and has been ridiculed by several old opponents.

Now Jiang Ming is in a hurry, asking everywhere to buy good crickets, wanting to earn back his face.

When Ye Quan learned about it, he told Jiang Ming that he had a few insect kings and top-grade insects here, which he could resell to him.

Jiang Ming naturally didn't believe it, the production area of good crickets has always been in the north, such as the eight places of the West Mountain in Tianjing, the mountainous areas around the Ming Tombs in Changping, and the Yungang in the west of the Yongding River.

However, time has passed, and now there are no good crickets to catch in the suburbs near Tianjing.

Nowadays, the production area of good crickets is mostly in the land of Qilu, Ningjin, Leling, Yanzhou and other crickets are the best, and Yi County, known as "Little Yizhou", also produces crickets that are good at fighting.

Ye Quan's hometown is in Viet An, which belongs to the Lingnan region.

It is not that there are no good fighting crickets in the south, which have long legs, good jumping, quick movements, loud chirping, and bright colors.

However, compared with the fighting crickets in the arid areas of the north, they are in terms of physique, fighting nature, endurance, mouth and fierceness. There are also some subtle gaps. It's not a mainstream cricket. It can only be endemic and developed in the southern provinces where it does not snow.

However, thinking of Ye Quan's magical ability in domesticating animals, Jiang Ming's heart was hot, and he also believed that Ye Quan would not deceive him with lies, so he hurried over.

Ye Quan played crickets when he was a child, but he never officially fought with people, but people often juxtapose flowers, birds, fish and insects, and Ye Quan paid attention to them. I also lamented that so many people are obsessed with this little bug.

Now, a good cricket can often be sold for tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of high prices, and there are sayings that "ten thousand households are rich in February, and one centimeter is worth a thousand gold", and "a small cricket is better than a cow".

At this time last year, Ye Quan was short of money to spend, and he was thinking about something that could make money, how could he not take advantage of the good condition of having a spiritual energy space?

Ornamental fish, vegetables, bonsai, and flowers were all ideas that were put into action at that time, and since some people were willing to buy this cricket at a high price, Ye Quan naturally made an idea.

Thereupon. Ye Quan stocked a batch of crickets on the east side of Shennong Mountain in space, and he didn't care about them later. The crickets have a reproduction cycle of 15 days, a constant temperature in the space, and can reproduce non-stop throughout the year, and these crickets quickly grow and develop.

Nourished by the aura of space, there are a lot of insect kings and alien insects in it, which can be regarded as the harvest of Ye Quan's "unintentional willow insertion".

As soon as Jiang Ming rushed to Taoyuan Village, the first thing he said when he saw Ye Quan was: "Where is your top-grade cricket?" ”

In the glass flower room, Jiang Ming saw twenty or thirty cricket jars placed in various places at will, the southern jar and the northern jar have it, Jiang Ming has studied this kind of thing, has a good eye, and sees that several old jars have a good background, there are Yongle, Wanli and Xuande official kilns in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the southern Yu kiln, the imperial kiln and the kiln in front of the temple, all of which have a history of more than two hundred years and belong to the antique level.

The other more than ten are also old pots fired with red and white pulp, which belong to the best of the best.

Jiang Ming even recognized a cricket jar that had been auctioned for more than 200 yuan a few years ago, and somehow transferred it to Ye Quan.

Together, these cricket jars are enough to open a small antique exhibition.

Jiang Ming casually opened the lid of one of them, looked inside, and couldn't help but perk up: "This cricket is red and blue, and the line is golden red, it is really rare, and it is also big, just listening to the chirping, I know that it is extraordinary, it is definitely a top-grade cricket." ”

The color of crickets is divided into six types: blue, black, purple, white, yellow, and red.

Generally speaking, the purer the color, the better, that is, the color of the top door, brain cover, and head line is consistent, and there is no variegation, such as authentic blue, coke black, pearl white, garnet red, pure yellow, pure purple, etc.

This kind of cricket with pure color and good appearance is not the king of insects, but also a general.

But there are exceptions, although some crickets are not pure, they have strange shapes and colors, this kind of is a mixed race, with the advantage of hybridization, and can also have general-level combat effectiveness.

There are also crickets that are not good-looking, or short, but their combat effectiveness is amazing, and they can make big experts look away, and this kind of crickets belong to the insects of the alien insects, which are extremely rare.

Then he opened the second jar, and the crickets living in this jar were purple heads, orchids, and golden wings, with a mighty appearance, Jiang Ming said: "Yes, this is the third section of the purple can, and it can also be entered into the general's genealogy." ”

The third jar also did not disappoint Jiang Ming, this cricket is yellow with purple in the middle, with a long head and thighs, a birthday star's head, and yellow teeth, which is a typical first-class grass purple yellow.

Jiang Ming sighed and said, "You didn't lie to me, they are all high-grade crickets, no worse than the few general crickets I bought in Ludong with a lot of money, but they are still a little worse than my opponents." ”

Ye Quan smiled and took the fourth jar, which was the Xuande blue and white official kiln jar of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang Ming opened it carefully, his face was suddenly moved, and his voice was three degrees earlier: "Purple teeth and red claws, prismatic head, copper drum neck, look at this body shape, I'm afraid there are nine centimeters, this is the insect king!" ”

There is a saying in the insect circle, called "Nine cents are nowhere to be found in the world".

Fighting crickets are very particular about weight grades, in order to divide the grades, the weight of the crickets is accurate to one or two ten-thousandth of one (two, money, cents, cents, milli), sometimes the weight difference is a millimeter, the owner is reluctant to fight.

The weight of the average cricket is about six centimeters, and eight centimeters is a big cricket.

And the crickets here in Yequan are basically more than seven centimeters, all of them are full of energy and energy.

Then Jiang Ming looked at the rest of the crickets, which had a large head, wide neck, red teeth, and black and white sluggers.

There is a crane shape of an alien insect turtle with a "wide top and a hunchback like a turtle, long feet and a convex head like a dangerous disease".

There is an unusually ferocious dragon scale armor among the insects, with a mouthful of red teeth, and the whole body is covered with red scales, and the mouth is extremely fierce. Previously, Jiang Ming thought that this insect was just a legend.

There are also six-winged flying invincible, Luoxia red, Huangdu, silver-backed purple, red sand green and other high-grade crickets.

Among them, there are three insect kings, one is really green, weighing more than nine centimeters, magnificent, and has the demeanor of a king.

One is pure purple, with a purple head, purple teeth, purple wings, purple flesh, purple tail, rust-colored neck, and a red fighting line, like a purple robe, gorgeous and dazzling, like a general who wears his whole body when he goes out on an expedition.

There is also a variegated insect, with seven colors, a red head, golden wings, blue neck, black face, purple flesh, jade teeth, long pointed wings, a high-pitched voice, and fast as lightning.

In addition, there are two high-grade crickets of pearl white and coke black, according to Jiang Ming's observation, if they are raised for a period of time, they have the potential to be advanced insect kings, and when it comes to the cold dew season, there are no crickets that are their opponents.

Ye Quan doesn't know much about the art of phase insects, but he has telekinesis ability, and he can see the spirit and spirit state of a cricket, as well as the strength of the physique, whether it is sick or disabled, etc., which is more reliable than identifying the color of the insect, the head, the teeth, the legs and claws, etc.

Therefore, the dozens of crickets he randomly selected from Shennong Mountain were all at the level of insect kings and generals, and none of them were included in the middle grade.

Jiang Mingqi said: "Where did you find so many top-grade crickets?" Aren't all white worms yet? I've been in Tianjing for half a month this year, and I've only seen two insect king-level and six or seven general-level crickets. ”

White worms refer to crickets that are bred in captivity.

In recent years, fighting crickets have become more and more popular, and some people do not hesitate to buy good crickets at high prices, and more and more people are caught.

As a result, some people use captive-bred white worms to sell them as wild ones to defraud players.

There are many crickets with large body, good color and good quality among the white insects, but in the artificial breeding environment, many are not good at fighting, which is simply a typical example of silver wax gun heads.

However, Jiang Ming is a veteran of the insect circle, whether it is a white worm or not, he can recognize it by almost a few glances.

Ye Quan said with a smile: "Don't worry where you came from, you are familiar in the circle, you can take 10,000 of these crickets, whether you use them for yourself or resell them, it's all up to you." ”

If it was last year, with these crickets, Ye Quan would inevitably take them to kill the Quartet, but now don't look at him staying in Taoyuan Village, but there are not a lot of things to deal with every day, so he doesn't want to "lose his mind as a plaything".

According to the current market, the asking price of tens of thousands of first-class crickets is not too expensive, and the price of the king of insects is more than that.

But Ye Quan was rich at this time, and he was too lazy to calculate them one by one, so he sold them for hundreds of thousands, although the money was not much, he should have repaid last year's wish.

When he came to Taoyuan Village this time, Jiang Ming, who didn't have much hope, returned with a full load and was overjoyed.

Not only can you resell crickets to make a profit, but you can also avenge yourself with a few insect kings, and you can breathe a sigh of relief, and even sweep the cricket competition all over the world.

Thinking that he would also have a day when he would be invincible and difficult to find an opponent, Jiang Ming's confidence skyrocketed, and he couldn't wait to fly back to Tianjing. (To be continued......)